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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1901
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes mention attorney Toure and surgical concepts with unclear names and locations. The fragment references a Dr C W Grafton and a Boston Star Store location with vague hours. No coherent event or outcome is discernible.
Colona Sand Stone Quarries advertises ashlar trimmings and specialty stone. Plans for estimates are invited and replies returned promptly. Trains No 5 and 10 will stop for visitors. samples of stone and photos are available at Mitchell & Lyndo's room No 13. Address:
Soldier Jack Manton in Routh Atri scales a kopje to a cave where Cape boys storm a cavern. Manzi, a 16 year old girl of mixed Portuguese and Matabele blood, is killed by bayonets during the ambush. Manton rages, slaying attackers as the cave becomes a deadly whirl of combat.
A vivid scene shows Jack unconscious with Manz nearby as the Cape Bibles lie among the crowd. The Mazarin Bibles, first editions of the Gutenburg, are cited as the world’s most costly printed books with prices recorded in New York and London sales histories.
The New York Sun reports a peculiar bond between Merri Cooney's prized turkey and a partridge found together in Silverlake woods. After the turkey vanished, Cooney and a neighbor tracked them to a nest with about 42 partridge eggs and many turkey eggs. If the pairing endures, Cooney plans commercial partridge and turkey raising next year.
A June Woman's Tome Companion excerpt describes New York roof playgrounds with brick walls and iron framework, a 13 foot high netted roof to prevent objects from street level, and open hours for children and parents. It also notes University of Iowa testing the psychergograph to gauge applicants brightness and ability for hiring.
A damaged OCR fragment from a Boston Transcript piece recalls a memory of childhood days. The voice shifts between scenes of war imagery and a quiet walk home through fragrant surroundings. Names like Mary Mi and McCarthy appear amid garbled lines and stray phrases.
An article explains how salt in butter inhibits bacteria, extending shelf life. It discusses bacterial counts in butter, differences in salt use between England and America, and historical notes on preservatives, illustrating the debate over salt butter in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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